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TIL that the brains of London cab drivers undergo large structural changes because of the massive amount of knowledge they must memorize.

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0dpRy TIL The space burial company Celestis will include DNA from presidents George Washington, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan on their upcoming memorial flight to be launched in deep space this year.
QNMvE TIL the defect that caused an Air France A330 to crash in 2009 was well-known by Airbus (as it had happened more than a dozen times on A330s with various airlines), however Airbus did not make any changes to their autopilot system until after there was a fatal crash.
wLbaW TIL about the X-Seed 4000, the largest building ever with completed construction plans. Standing at 4,000m/4km (13,123ft/2.5mi) tall, it could house 1 million people on its 800 floors. The shape of X-Seed is based off Mount Fugi, and is even 224m (735ft) taller than it.
Brpwy TIL that even though Enron went bankrupt in spectacular fashion, one of its top executives, Lou Pai, walked away with $280,000,000 and at one point was the second largest land owner in Colorado.
kJ0Gm TIL that camouflage clothing is illegal for civilians in several countries